Caddy-bag.



PATBNTED APR. 21, 1903.

G. L. PIERCE.

GADDY BAG.

APPLICATION FILE? DEU- 31, 1902.

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GEORGE L. PIERCE, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO A. G. SPALDING do BROS, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y., AND JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, A COR- PORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CADDY-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,764, dated April 21, 1903.

Application filed December 31, 1902. Serial No. 137,278. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oaddy-Bags,of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to bags adapted for the carrying of golf-clubs; and it has for its object to provide means whereby in a bag of this character the clubs can be easily protected from rain or dust Without interfering :5 with the handy use of the bagon the links.

I'Ieretofore bags of this character have sometimes been provided with hoods or caps adapted to be slipped over the heads of the clubs and to be strapped to the body of the bag for the purpose of protecting the clubs while traveling; but such caps or hoods are not adapted for use on the links, because they must be wholly removed when clubs are to be inserted or withdrawn.

In accordance with this invention the upper part of or the entire bag is made double, the inner part being attached at its top to the outer part and adapted to be pulled inside out and having an opening through which the clubs may be inserted and withdrawn readily, while means are provided for closing the opening in the inner part the more efieotively to protect the clubs within, if desired.

a The invention will be more fully described 3 5 hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a view in elevation of a caddybag which embodies the improvement in condition for ordinary use, several clubs being 0 represented. Fig. 2 is avertical central section of a caddy-bag, showing one form of the invention, the inner part being substantially one-half the length of the bag. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the bag shown in Fig. 2'with the 5 inner part extended or pulled-inside out, the

opening in said innerpart through which the clubs are adapted to be inserted being closed. Fig. 4. is a vertical central section of a. bag embodying another form of the invention, the inner part extending substantially the entire length of the bag; and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the bag shown in Fig. 4 with the inner part pulled inside out.

The outer part or main body a of the bag may be of usual substantially cylindrical form, made of suitable material, with one end open to the full diameter, andprovided, as usual, with a handle I) and a ball-pocket 0. Combined with the outer or main body a is an inner part d, likewise of any suitable ma- 6o terial, which is preferably somewhat lighter than the outer part 0., being preferably of substantially the same diameter as the outer part a to fit closely within the outer part when turned in and of a length sufficient to 0'5 extend when pulled inside out from the open end of the bag slightly beyond the ends of the clubs-say substantially onehalf the length of the outer part, Figs. 2 and 3-although, if desired, the inner part may be of a length substantially equal to thattof the outer part, as shown in Fig. 4. In the form shown in Figs. 2 and 3 the free end of the inner part at has an opening 7;, and in said end there is provided means for closing the opening, such as a pucker-string 71, so that when said inner part is extended or pulled inside out the clubs can be readily inserted through the opening in said end and the opening closed, and the clubs will remain entirely protected within the outer part a and the inner part (1.

In the form of bag illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 there is formed in that portion of the inner part (I which is nearest to the line of union of the two parts a slit f, which is of such a length that when the inner part d is extended, as indicated in Fig. 5, the clubs can be readily inserted therethrough and will be completely covered and protected by the outer '90 part a and the inner part d, as before.

It is intended that the bag shall be used under ordinary conditions as an ordinary bag, as indicated in Figs. 1, 2, and 4:, and that when it is desired to protect the clubs against 5 dust or rain the inner part (i shall be pulled out or extended, as represented in Figs. 3 and 5. The clubs may then be placed in the bag through the openings in said inner part, and at any time any club can be readily with- 10 dra Wu and replaced, as may be desired. The clubs being completely inclosed are fully protected from rain or dust, the opening in the inner part of the bag (shown in Fig. 3) being closed by drawing the ends of the puckerstrine' h together and the opening or slit in the inner part of the bag (shown in Fig. 5) being closed by folding the extreme end of the inner part carefully over said slit and securing it to the main part of the body or bag by strap or otherwise, as indicated at g in said figure.

It will be obvious that when the conditions arise which make it desirable to protect the clubs the bag can, nevertheless, be used conveniently on the links, any particular club being withdrawn and replaced within the bag readily at any time.

I claim as my invention- 1. A caddy-bag for golf-clubs comprisinga substantially cylindrical outer part with one end open to the full diameter and a substantially cylindrical inner part of substantially the same diameter, said inner part being secured at its open end to the outer part near the open end of the latter and being provided with an opening, whereby said inner part can be turned within the outer part to fit closely within the same and receive the clubs as an ordinary bag or can be pulled inside out to permit the clubs to be inserted through the opening and to be completely inclosed and a handle on the side of the outer part, substantially as described.

2. A caddy-bag for golf-clubs comprising a substantially cylindrical outer part with one end open to the full diameter and a substantially cylindrical inner part of substantially the same diameter, said inner part being secured at its open end to the outer part near the open end of the latter and fitting closely within the same when turned in and being provided with an opening through which clubs can be inserted when the inner part is pulled out, means to close said opening and a handle on the side of the outer part, substantially as described.

3. A caddy-bag for golf-clubs comprising a substantially cylindrical outer part with one end open to the full diameter and a substantially cylindrical inner part of substantially the same diameter as and of substantially half the length of the outer part, said inner part being secured at its open end to the outer part near the open end of the latter and having its extreme end open, means to close said extretne open end, whereby said inner part can be turned Within the outer part to fit closely within the same and receive the clubs as an ordinary bag or can be pulled inside out to permit the clubs to be inserted in the opening and to be completely inclosed, and a handle on the side of the outer part, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 30th day of December, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE L. PIERCE.

In presence of- W. B. GREELEY, ANTHONY N. J ESBERA. 

